This is my first take on a pocket survival kit, and it is made for my wife as a present for her upcoming birthday. As she works in town and has little need for fishing gear on a daily basis, it is intended to be a suburban survival kit, as well as a purse-sized tool-box. She also carries a Swiss army knife and a Laguiole L'eclair 3" folder.
List of contents:
First Aid
- Rubber bands x2
- Large Band-Aid
- Small Band-Aid x2
- Blister pad
- Alcohol wipe
- Gravol x2, Ibuprofen x2, Aleve
- Boxcutter blade
- ~6' 550 paracord
- ~3' duct tape
- Crazy Glue
- Safety pins x3 (between the duct tape, the glue, and the safety pins, she should be able to fix just about anything)
- Needle & 12" thread
Safety & survival
- Waterproof matches x4 w/ striking surface (because fire is mankind's greatest achievement)
- Flash light (I'm well impressed with this $3 Canadian Tire key fob light)
- Whistle
- Pencil
- Sheets of paper x4
- Hair elastics x2 (the elastics are used to hold the paper rolled snugly around the pencil, but can also be used to deal with a hair emergency)
- $20 bill (enough to get a taxi home, or to get lunch)
- Reflective band (because getting hit by a car sucks)
